I personally don't use the tool. I am not a consumer of it. I basically designed it. I work for an IT company and have designed and implemented Amazon Appstream and Workspace in many organizations. Most of the time, the tool is for app virtualization or used when you don't need a permanent desktop. There are two flavors in Amazon Appstream. If you don't need a dedicated desktop, that is where Amazon Appstream is beneficial, and the other one is if you only need application virtualization to be given to your end user, and not a complete whole desktop. For example, if there is a manufacturing company and you have lots of front-line users who just come in, their job is to access just one application. Instead of giving them a whole desktop version or a whole desktop, you just give them an application, and then they just go on to a Chrome browser, and they get on Amazon Appstream and access that particular application.
Some companies use applications like Word or Excel, and they can leverage cloud services to optimize their hardware consumption. For example, with Azure, you can create virtual desktops where users can access applications from the cloud. This setup means employees don’t use local resources. Everything happens in the cloud server. You don't need to worry about upgrading hardware annually, as everything is handled in the cloud. You only need to install the application once, and then everything, including data and computing resources, is managed on the cloud server. This approach simplifies management and reduces the need for frequent hardware upgrades.
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I personally don't use the tool. I am not a consumer of it. I basically designed it. I work for an IT company and have designed and implemented Amazon Appstream and Workspace in many organizations. Most of the time, the tool is for app virtualization or used when you don't need a permanent desktop. There are two flavors in Amazon Appstream. If you don't need a dedicated desktop, that is where Amazon Appstream is beneficial, and the other one is if you only need application virtualization to be given to your end user, and not a complete whole desktop. For example, if there is a manufacturing company and you have lots of front-line users who just come in, their job is to access just one application. Instead of giving them a whole desktop version or a whole desktop, you just give them an application, and then they just go on to a Chrome browser, and they get on Amazon Appstream and access that particular application.
Some companies use applications like Word or Excel, and they can leverage cloud services to optimize their hardware consumption. For example, with Azure, you can create virtual desktops where users can access applications from the cloud. This setup means employees don’t use local resources. Everything happens in the cloud server. You don't need to worry about upgrading hardware annually, as everything is handled in the cloud. You only need to install the application once, and then everything, including data and computing resources, is managed on the cloud server. This approach simplifies management and reduces the need for frequent hardware upgrades.